A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface
drainage into any sewer constructed after the effective date of this
Part 3.
B.
This Borough reserves the right to refuse permission
to connect to the sewage collection system, to compel discontinuance
of use of the sewage collection system or to compel pretreatment of
industrial wastes by any industrial establishment in order to prevent
discharges deemed harmful or to have deleterious effect upon any portion
of the sewage collection system or sewage disposal system.
C.
All sewage and industrial wastes discharged into the
sewage collection system shall be in compliance with the pretreatment
program of the Authority, initially approved by this Borough by Ordinance
No. 84-10,[1] as the same from time to time shall be amended and supplemented,
unless otherwise specifically permitted, authorized or approved by
this Borough, the Authority and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or
any duly constituted board, commission or department thereof having
jurisdiction in the premises.
D.
Pretreatment facilities.
(1)
Where necessary, all owners shall install suitable pretreatment facilities in order to comply with Subsection C of this section.
(2)
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed facilities for preliminary treatment and handling
of wastes shall be submitted for approval of this Borough and the
Authority, and no construction of any such facility shall be commenced
until approval thereof first shall have been obtained, in writing,
from this Borough and the Authority and until approval thereof first
shall have been obtained from any governmental regulatory body having
jurisdiction.
(3)
Whenever facilities for preliminary treatment and
handling of wastes shall have been provided by any owner, such facilities
continuously shall be maintained, at the expense of such owner, in
satisfactory operating condition, and this Borough and the Authority
shall have access to such facilities at reasonable times for purposes
of inspection and testing.
E.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between this Borough
and any person whereby industrial wastes of unusual strength or character
may be admitted into the sewage collection system, either before or
after preliminary treatment, provided that said special agreement
or arrangement also is approved by the Authority.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into the sewage collection system any industrial wastes except upon
application to this Borough and/or Authority and upon receipt of a
written permit therefor by this Borough and/or Authority.
B.
Required survey data. Any person desiring to make
or use a connection to the sewage collection system through which
industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewage collection system
shall file with this Borough and/or Authority an industrial wastes
questionnaire, to be furnished by this Borough and/or Authority, which
shall supply to this Borough and/or Authority pertinent data, including
estimated quantity of flow, characteristics and constituents, with
respect to industrial wastes proposed to be discharged into the sewage
collection system.
C.
Control manholes.
(1)
Any person who shall discharge industrial wastes into
the sewage collection system, when required by this Borough and/or
Authority, shall construct and thereafter properly shall maintain,
at his own expense, a suitable control manhole and other devices as
may be approved by this Borough and/or Authority to facilitate observation,
measurement and sampling by this Borough and/or Authority of industrial
wastes discharged into the sewage collection system.
(2)
Any such control manhole, when required by this Borough
and/or Authority, shall be constructed at an accessible, safe, suitable
and satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved by this
Borough and/or Authority prior to commencement of construction.
D.
Changes in type of wastes. Any industrial establishment
discharging sewage into the sewage collection system and contemplating
a change in the method of operation which will alter the volume characteristics
or constituents of wastes at the time being discharged into the sewage
collection system shall notify this Borough and/or Authority, in writing,
at least 20 days prior to consummation of such change.
E.
Large variation in discharge quantities. This Borough
and/or Authority reserves the right to require industrial establishments
having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable
regulating devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewage collection
system.
